News German Museums Hold 40,000 Artifacts Looted from Cameroon, New Study Finds Cameroonian embassy officials have stressed their intention to reclaim the objects. By Tessa Solomon Jun 5, 2023 4:02 pm
News Two San Diego Collectors Surrendered 65 Archaeological Objects to Mexico "I thank these citizens of San Diego for the generous and selfless gesture of returning these pieces to the people of Mexico," González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul general, said. By Tessa Solomon May 23, 2023 5:05 pm
News Heirs of Art Dealer Persecuted by Nazis Claim Sotheby’s Sold Prized Tiepolo with Misleading Provenance The heirs have petitioned Sotheby's to reveal the names of the parties involved in the 2019 sale. By Tessa Solomon May 22, 2023 4:17 pm
News UK Government and British Museum Were at Odds Over the Parthenon Marbles, Declassified Documents Reveal Recently declassified documents reveal that the government was dismissive of the British Museum's efforts to retain the Parthenon Marbles in 1983. By Francesca Aton May 10, 2023 2:14 pm
News Ownership of the Benin Bronzes is Transferred from the Nigerian Government to Oba of Benin The move is confusing museums' plans to return the famously looted artifacts. By Francesca Aton Apr 27, 2023 3:47 pm
News Paintings Returned from Musée d’Orsay to Heirs to be Auctioned in New York One work in the group, by Paul Gauguin, has an estimated worth between $10 million and $15 million By Angelica Villa Apr 14, 2023 12:17 pm
News Nazi-Looted Courbet Painting Currently in Cambridge Museum Will Be Returned The work's original theft was dated to 1941 by a panel overseeing restitution. By Daniel Cassady Mar 30, 2023 11:34 am
News Questions Loom About Vatican Monsignor’s Collection Following His Death A 19th-century copy of a famed Etruscan vase could restart a decades-old debacle. By Daniel Cassady Feb 2, 2023 11:24 am
News France to Return ‘Talking Drum’ to Côte d’Ivoire in Latest Repatriation The wooden instrument was confiscated by the French army in 1916 and has been housed in Paris ever since. By Francesca Aton Feb 1, 2023 3:37 pm
News Christie’s Ordered to Return Painting That Was Confiscated During World War II to Proust Heirs The work had been consigned to sell in London in 2018. By Angelica Villa Jan 31, 2023 4:47 pm